LAX & SHAW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-18 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8M
-8.7% vs 2024
Employees
182
-6.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+3.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £67,569,000 | £69,776,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,005,000 | £5,168,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,005,000 | £5,168,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,818,000 | £3,854,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,490,000 | £7,754,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,490,000 | £7,754,000 | |
| Equity | £8,490,000 | £7,754,000 | |
| Average employees | 195 | 182 | |
| Wages | £8,354,000 | £8,269,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £354,000 | £414,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.3%
£67,569,000 £69,776,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-8.7%
£8,490,000 £7,754,000
-
Employees
-6.7%
195 182
-
Operating profit
+3.3%
£5,005,000 £5,168,000
-
Profit before tax
+3.3%
£5,005,000 £5,168,000
-
Wages
-1%
£8,354,000 £8,269,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 59.0% | 66.6% | |
| Current ratio | 7.75x | 6.91x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUILLOTEAU, Axel Luc Henri Raymond | Director | 2024-03-01 | Jul 1974 | French |
| JARRY, Nicolas | Director | 2023-06-15 | Jun 1974 | French |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, Jessica Sophie | Secretary | 2000-07-14 | 2001-03-08 |
| GORE, Malcolm Raymond | Secretary | — | 1999-06-11 |
| MCLEAN, James Stewart | Secretary | 2004-02-04 | 2021-09-30 |
| RICHARDSON, Lyn | Secretary | 2001-07-24 | 2001-08-13 |
| SCHOFIELD, Rosalyn Sharon | Secretary | 2001-08-13 | 2002-12-13 |
| SPENCER, Andrew | Secretary | 2002-12-13 | 2004-02-04 |
| SPRINGETT, Catherine Mary | Secretary | 2001-03-08 | 2001-07-24 |
| WRIGHT, William Bernard | Secretary | — | 2000-07-14 |
| FIRTH, John Anthony | Director | 2006-08-09 | 2010-08-18 |
| FLOCKHART, James Ian | Director | — | 2006-08-09 |
| HART, James Thomas | Director | 2011-05-10 | 2017-06-30 |
| HENDERSON, Alan Stephen | Director | 2011-05-10 | 2024-02-29 |
| MASKREY, Neil Anthony | Director | 2017-11-17 | 2023-06-15 |
| MCMILLAN, Brian Williams | Director | 2006-08-09 | 2013-11-08 |
| SPENCER, Andrew | Director | — | 2013-11-08 |
| SUMMERS, Richard | Director | 2017-02-17 | 2022-12-31 |
| TAGGART, Andrew Lowe Cameron | Director | — | 1995-07-31 |
| WALKER, Colin William | Director | — | 2002-12-13 |
| WHITEHEAD, Anthony | Director | — | 2002-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verallia Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-12-20 | Active |
| Cbpe Capital Llp | Corporate entity | Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.